chapter 12 imperialism vocab words

Question 1

imperialism

Answer 1

the extension of a nations power over other lands

Question 2

capitalism

Answer 2

country’s trade and industry are controlled by a private individual for profit, not state

Question 3

protectorate

Answer 3

a political unit that depends on another government for it’s protection

Question 4

colony

Answer 4

a settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control

Question 5

exploit

Answer 5

to make use of meanly or unfairly powers for one’s own advantage

Question 6

indirect rule

Answer 6

a colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status

Question 7

direct rule

Answer 7

colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced by a new set of officials brought fro the colonizing country.

Question 8

annex

Answer 8

to incorporate into an existing political unit, such as a city or a country

Question 9

indigenous

Answer 9

native to a region

Question 10

Boer

Answer 10

a Dutch whom is a descendent of the first in south America

Question 11

sepoy

Answer 11

an Indian soldier hired by the British east India company to protect the company’s interests in the region

Question 12

viceroy

Answer 12

a governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch

Question 13

dollar diplomacy

Answer 13

the diplomacy that seeks to strengthen the power of country or effect its purposes in foreign relations by the use of its financial resources